What Should I Grow? — Garden Plan Builder

Tell me about your space. I'll tell you what will actually grow there.

Six questions, about forty seconds. You get a plant list matched to your light and your patience, the pot sizes to buy, what to do in your first week — and, just as usefully, what to not try yet.

1. Your climate

This decides everything else. If you are unsure, pick by the summer you get.

2. Where you'll grow

Be honest about the size. A crowded balcony grows less than a sparse one.

3. Direct sun, on a clear day

Direct sun on the plant, not general brightness. Go and look before you answer — most people overestimate by double.

4. Time you'll really give it each week

Answer for a bad week, not a good one. Plants matched to your worst week are the ones that survive.

5. Where you're starting from
6. What you actually want from it

Answer all six to continue.

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